Stuff only burns for so long. We might learn more about the geometry of space and that there is more out there at greater distances where maybe even other Big bangs are possible but there is a certain maximum amount of time that a star can exist.

Over the time scales of the life of a proton the maximum variability in the amount of time a star can burn is a rounding error against the scale of numbers needed to express the amount of time it takes for hawking radiation to reduce black holes to ultra long wavelengths of infrared radiation.

I mean, have you considered that the expansion of the universe generates or increases the total energy in the universe?

As stars move apart, they gain both potential energy with respect to other stars, because greater distance from gravity sources means greater potential energy, but they also gain kinetic energy as they accelerate away from other objects. So, their mechanical energy (potential + kinetic energy) increases over time. Maybe somebody could build a clever machine out of this to harvest that energy?

We also haven't tried every possible configuration of atoms to see if anything creates a portal to an infinite energy dimension or a perpetual motion machine or something we can use to make our own stars

Yeah for all we know stars are black hole poop

I see someone else is a Kurzgesagt fan https://youtu.be/VMm-U2pHrXE

I cannot express in words just how much I do not want my consciousness to persist, trapped, for trillions of years of darkness. That would be unimaginable hell.

with only a finite initial store of energy, only a finite number of thoughts can ever be processed. This "thermal death" of the universe prevents the infinite hibernation and computation trick from working, thus rendering Dyson's eternal intelligence scenario impossible in a universe with a positive cosmological constant.

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

that explains Pantheon really well

I don't want to imagine the level of procrastination I would have if I were immortal.

I would wish for a life that ends when I want it to. Like the numenoreans had in LoTR

Just one trillion years will do

From what I have read on the internet so far, it's probably best to not wish for anything at all. Just throw it in the deepest ocean to do us all a favour.

What about extreme longevity though

Why? Are you bored now? If so, why is it a problem? If not, then what's the problem?

every soul has its dark

Probably my favorite short story. This is another one of my favorites, definitely more obscure:

A Conversation with God - Ragged Trousered Philosopher

Thanks for that. I've read it before, long ago, but completely forgot about it. Still a great story.

I feel like reading this story is an internet nerd Rite of Passage. It had a huge impact on me when I read it as a teenager and I think about it a lot.

The chances of me living long enough to actually be effected by it are so slim that I'm completely unconcerned about it.

I don't know, I thought it was pretty fun.

Nope, I think humanity will be long gone by then, so it doesn't really matter what happens after that.

More like head spinning, like when you look at the stars are you loose your reference frame

Why’s that? If humanity presumably nearly couldn’t be around then?

It makes me feel like all the suffering people inflict for the sake of selfishness jand greed just pointless.

we still have 120 trillion years left. we can spare the time for a few extra words

What's that phenomenon that describes noticing things more after you become aware of them because I'm seeing a lot more Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy references than I remember now that I've started reading it

Yoink

Time can stretch and squish and follow physical rules, if the passage of time is an experience of the mind time itself would remain existent without minds just as real as distance and the passage of distance via movement between objects would remain without minds.

One interesting thing I heard is the DESI data from a telescope observatory in Arizona that was trying to build a more accurate map of the universe identified the dark energy acceleration as slowing. That could mean if the trend continues eventually gravity will overpower dark energy and everything collapses back together again. I don't think it's conclusive, but it is evidence maybe heat death isn't an ending phase.

Reminds me of that Kurzgesagt video about Optimistic Nihilism:

"If you don't remember the 13.75 billion years that went by before you existed, then the trillions and trillions and trillions of years that come after will pass in no time once you're gone. Close your eyes. Count to 1. That's how long forever feels."